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The News Argus, November 2002

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■news
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^STUDENT
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ports
I Alesha Lackey sends warm greetings I Coaches Stitt and Williams have high
resurrected on the Internet
from Mexico to Winston-Salem
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W.S.S.U.,
hopes for basketball season
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The News Argus
Winston-Salem State University
E-mail: newzargus@yahoo.com
November 2002
Master Plan release leaves many bewildered
By Keith Caesar
ARGUS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
With a potential price
tag of about $270 million,
students from Winston-
Salem State University
last month learned more
about the development set
for the university over the
next seven years.
What became more
apparent at the Student
Government Association
sponsored event were the
students' concerns as to
Shots available
Freshmen
at high risk
By Janell J. Lewis
ARGUS REPORTER
Vaccinations for influenza, meningitis and tetanus
boosters are available in
the Student Health Center
Monday through Friday,
from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
through February.
The meningitis shot
fights the meningococcal
bacterium, which is transmitted through air
droplets and from direct
contact with infected persons including from items
such as drinking glasses.
Freshman students, particularly those in residence halls, have has a six
fold increased risk of contacting the disease.
Ether Joe, the head of the
Student Health Center
said the flu vaccine triggers your immune system.
The tetanus booster is
required by the state of
North Carolina to complete a student record.
The flu vaccine is recommended once a year,
the meningitis shot once
every five years, and the
tetanus booster every 10
years, with the exception
of major injury.
why such an abundance
of money was going to
the school's outside
appearance, rather than
solving other issues.
With concerns over a
possible name change and
loss of identity, students
from WSSU made a raucous over what they felt
should be the school's
focus.
Irvin Hodge and Jorge
Cantel of Facilities
Planning spoke to the
audience about the Master
Plan for WSSU to a
packed student audience.
With an expected
growth to nearly 5,000
students over the next
several years, Cantel outlined the plans for the
redesign of the campus,
which will include a clock
tower, the reduction of
MLK Jr. Drive to a two-
lane street and a pedestrian mall.
Cantel said develop
ment began in May of last
year. The last time WSSU
studied a Master Plan for
the campus was in 1987.
"Master Plan updates
are required by accreditation agencies," said
Cantel.
He outlined the decision-making process noting several key points
throughout the process.
"We needed to transform MLK from a major
artery into a campus-like
street. We needed to create a sense of place for the
campus," said Cantel.
"We needed a sense of
arrival, when someone
comes into campus they
will have the feeling that
they have arrived.
"One of the elements we
carried from the 1987
master plan that was
amply discussed with all
the members, student,
See PLAN, Page 6
New Threads
Two WSSU students hope their clothes
can make them very successful
By Nicole Ferguson
ARGUS MANAGING EDITOR
If you haven't heard
of JA-BI-ACH, then
you don't know
about one of the fastest
developing business
ventures on the campus
of Winston-Salem State
University. Specializing
in clothing design, JA-
BI-ACH is becoming a
household, or should we
say, dorm home, name.
Founded by William
Dobbs of Waxsaw and
Harold Thompson of
Union, S.C, JA-BI-ACH
began as a chance collision of creative minds.
"Me and Harold met
our freshman year. We
had art class together,
and we both drew," said
Dobbs.
"One of my friends
was his roommate,"
added Thompson. "One
day I was on the fifth
floor (of Brown) designing pants. I went to talk
to my friend, and Billy
was designing a shirt. I
was like, 'Man, I was
just making some
pants.'"
This chance meeting
turned into a plan for a
successful business.
Dobbs, serving as president of the company,
and Thompson, serving
as vice-president, began
brainstorming a name
for their creative line of
clothes.
"Initially, I came up
with the name Black Ice
just because it was different. Everyone thinks
of ice as clear, blue or
white," said Thompson.
"Then we were in the
cafe playing with names,
and we finally came up
with JA-BI-ACH."
According to the two,
JA-BI-ACH is an unusual, innovative name
standing for 'Just Billy
and Harold.'
JA-BI-ACH designs
clothing apparel and
accessories with its logo,
Argus photos by Nicole Ferguson
William Dobbs (above) and Harold Thompson began
JA-BI-ACH in 2000.
designed by Thompson,
and whatever their customers may specify.
Dobbs, a mass communications major, does
the majority of the
sewing, while
Thompson, a computer
science major, also
designs and works on
their forthcoming Web
site. They say their
clothes are affordable,
the highest price being
$30.
"A lot of people are
surprised I know how to
work the sewing
machine," said Dobbs. "I
just know the basics
now. My mom taught
me."
JA-BI-ACH's clientel
include campus organizations such as Alpha
Kappa Alpha and Delta
Sigma Theta sororities,
the varsity cheerleaders,
Northern Connections,
Stone Funk and Mozik
Modeling Troupe, in
See THREADS,
Page 6

Campus
■news
IWSSU's former literary magazine is
t>
^STUDENT
eatures
ports
I Alesha Lackey sends warm greetings I Coaches Stitt and Williams have high
resurrected on the Internet
from Mexico to Winston-Salem
Page 3
Page 5
W.S.S.U.,
hopes for basketball season
Page 11
The News Argus
Winston-Salem State University
E-mail: newzargus@yahoo.com
November 2002
Master Plan release leaves many bewildered
By Keith Caesar
ARGUS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
With a potential price
tag of about $270 million,
students from Winston-
Salem State University
last month learned more
about the development set
for the university over the
next seven years.
What became more
apparent at the Student
Government Association
sponsored event were the
students' concerns as to
Shots available
Freshmen
at high risk
By Janell J. Lewis
ARGUS REPORTER
Vaccinations for influenza, meningitis and tetanus
boosters are available in
the Student Health Center
Monday through Friday,
from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
through February.
The meningitis shot
fights the meningococcal
bacterium, which is transmitted through air
droplets and from direct
contact with infected persons including from items
such as drinking glasses.
Freshman students, particularly those in residence halls, have has a six
fold increased risk of contacting the disease.
Ether Joe, the head of the
Student Health Center
said the flu vaccine triggers your immune system.
The tetanus booster is
required by the state of
North Carolina to complete a student record.
The flu vaccine is recommended once a year,
the meningitis shot once
every five years, and the
tetanus booster every 10
years, with the exception
of major injury.
why such an abundance
of money was going to
the school's outside
appearance, rather than
solving other issues.
With concerns over a
possible name change and
loss of identity, students
from WSSU made a raucous over what they felt
should be the school's
focus.
Irvin Hodge and Jorge
Cantel of Facilities
Planning spoke to the
audience about the Master
Plan for WSSU to a
packed student audience.
With an expected
growth to nearly 5,000
students over the next
several years, Cantel outlined the plans for the
redesign of the campus,
which will include a clock
tower, the reduction of
MLK Jr. Drive to a two-
lane street and a pedestrian mall.
Cantel said develop
ment began in May of last
year. The last time WSSU
studied a Master Plan for
the campus was in 1987.
"Master Plan updates
are required by accreditation agencies," said
Cantel.
He outlined the decision-making process noting several key points
throughout the process.
"We needed to transform MLK from a major
artery into a campus-like
street. We needed to create a sense of place for the
campus," said Cantel.
"We needed a sense of
arrival, when someone
comes into campus they
will have the feeling that
they have arrived.
"One of the elements we
carried from the 1987
master plan that was
amply discussed with all
the members, student,
See PLAN, Page 6
New Threads
Two WSSU students hope their clothes
can make them very successful
By Nicole Ferguson
ARGUS MANAGING EDITOR
If you haven't heard
of JA-BI-ACH, then
you don't know
about one of the fastest
developing business
ventures on the campus
of Winston-Salem State
University. Specializing
in clothing design, JA-
BI-ACH is becoming a
household, or should we
say, dorm home, name.
Founded by William
Dobbs of Waxsaw and
Harold Thompson of
Union, S.C, JA-BI-ACH
began as a chance collision of creative minds.
"Me and Harold met
our freshman year. We
had art class together,
and we both drew," said
Dobbs.
"One of my friends
was his roommate,"
added Thompson. "One
day I was on the fifth
floor (of Brown) designing pants. I went to talk
to my friend, and Billy
was designing a shirt. I
was like, 'Man, I was
just making some
pants.'"
This chance meeting
turned into a plan for a
successful business.
Dobbs, serving as president of the company,
and Thompson, serving
as vice-president, began
brainstorming a name
for their creative line of
clothes.
"Initially, I came up
with the name Black Ice
just because it was different. Everyone thinks
of ice as clear, blue or
white," said Thompson.
"Then we were in the
cafe playing with names,
and we finally came up
with JA-BI-ACH."
According to the two,
JA-BI-ACH is an unusual, innovative name
standing for 'Just Billy
and Harold.'
JA-BI-ACH designs
clothing apparel and
accessories with its logo,
Argus photos by Nicole Ferguson
William Dobbs (above) and Harold Thompson began
JA-BI-ACH in 2000.
designed by Thompson,
and whatever their customers may specify.
Dobbs, a mass communications major, does
the majority of the
sewing, while
Thompson, a computer
science major, also
designs and works on
their forthcoming Web
site. They say their
clothes are affordable,
the highest price being
$30.
"A lot of people are
surprised I know how to
work the sewing
machine," said Dobbs. "I
just know the basics
now. My mom taught
me."
JA-BI-ACH's clientel
include campus organizations such as Alpha
Kappa Alpha and Delta
Sigma Theta sororities,
the varsity cheerleaders,
Northern Connections,
Stone Funk and Mozik
Modeling Troupe, in
See THREADS,
Page 6